Earlier this month, we told you about two enterprising local acts — Lonely & the Bear and Katey Laurel — who have chosen to go their own way in mustering up funding for upcoming albums. Now, Denver’s Churchill has set similar sights for the completion of of the band’s first…
Not to be outdone by Best Coast and WAAVES, whose Christmas song for Target (“Got Something for You”) has been all the chatter around the water cooler this week, Breathe Carolina has penned a new Christmas song specifically for those of us in the Mile High City — well, sort…
If you haven’t heard the work of Vincent Gallo’s rotating music collective, RRIICCEE, tonight is your night. The band — or should we say the musicians of Gallo’s choosing — has never released any music, doesn’t make videos or records of any kind, and only performs material original to the…
Man, being in a band is hard. Sometimes it’s so hard that in order to eat, you need to stand on Colfax and Speer to get people into your show. That was apparently the reason why the bands decided to utilize the cardboard box to advertise their show this Saturday,…
So, some good news and some bad news: Stars has canceled its show tonight at the Bluebird, but local support Carbon Choir is still playing — at the Larimer Lounge — and for free, no less. Refunds for the Bluebird show are available at point of sale. Stars’ cancellation is…
Rush-hour traffic making you nuts? Blood pressure through the roof? Need a place to escape to keep from going Michael Douglas on everyone? The Walnut Room and Paul Riola have teamed up on a new concept to pull your race car out of the red. For the past year, Paul…
Old Radio, a prominent member of the Hot Congress collective and generally excellent band, has finally finished its debut recording. The band is slated to release the new EP, titled New Wives’ Tale, this Thursday during Hot Congress’s final night of residency at the Meadowlark. You can hear the title…
According to Safehouse Denver, three women are killed each day by an intimate partner in America. DJ Bedz, of Radio Bums and Denver Nuggets official DJ fame, is doing his part to help reduce the effects of domestic violence against women and their families by donating the proceeds of his…
FILTER With Vices I Admire 11.14.10 | Summit Music Hall Filter — ‘memba them? You know, the “Hey Man Nice Shot” dudes from way back in the ’90s? Yeah, those guys. They’re still together. Evidently, they have a new album they’re touring around, which is what brought them to Summit…
DAWES With Moondoggies • Romany Rye 11.15.10 | hi-dive Los Angeles’s Romany Rye started the night off and set the tone for this three-band bill. Every band brought a similar sound centered on excellent vocals. The five-piece belted out four-part harmonies about their native California in a ’70s throwback style…
Lisa Wimberger and her husband, Gilly Gonzales, are percussionists extraordinaire: The two keep time for local acts Lunar Fire and Inti, but they also bring some of their other, subtler drums out to play in their project Lil Sum’n Sum’n. This Thursday, November 18, the duo is releasing Lil Sum’n…
Looks like Prime Element – the outfit formerly known as 3 the Hardway – has been getting some prime exposure since linking up with Kamikazi Airlines last month — or it’s about to, we should say. Since joining the Kamikazi roster, the group has signed a license agreement with Alli…
According to an official statement from Brownmark Films, the company, best known for the above completely idiotic video and Internet phenomenon from 2007, has decided to file a lawsuit against Viacom International, Comedy Partners, Paramount Pictures Corporation, MTV Networks and South Park Digital Studios LLC, with accusations of copyright infringement…
Stars is one of those secret gem bands easily glossed over because it is part of something much bigger and seemingly more important — like Broken Social Scene, the collective/super-band Stars is connected to. This may not be the ideal situation for a band, but for fans, it’s nothing but…
As part of her first North American headlining tour, Ke$ha stops at the Fillmore Auditorium on Saturday, February 19. Cannibal, the companion album to her debut, Animal, drops next week and will be available individually and bundled with Animal as a special repackage dubbed Animal + Cannibal. While tickets go…
Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager, released last week on Universal Motown, debuted very strong, claiming the top slots at Albums on the Hill, Independent Records and Twist & Shout for the week ending November 14. Cee Lo Green’s Lady Killer, meanwhile, issued last…
Kid Hum is as thoughtful about his choice in food and drink as he is about his process of making beats. Early on, he sips wine and discusses Minnie Riperton; later he chooses a Bloody Mary while marveling at the genius of Pimp C. “I’m a foodie when I can…
Cherry Creek North has never been a great spot for live music. There have been noble attempts, like Vartan Jazz, but that left the neighborhood in 1997. And now Q Worldly Barbeque and Lounge, the restaurant/bar at 2817 East Third Avenue that brought in live blues and jazz acts four…
Recalling the work of Donald Fagen or Jason Mraz, this band’s eclectic oeuvre is undergirded by jazz and R&B rhythms, with a bit of hip-hop thrown into the vocal melody here and there. And while initially Petals of Spain (due at the Larimer Lounge on Saturday, November 20) could be…
Do not misinterpret Brandon Flowers’s solo album as malcontent of any kind. He’s said the material on it would have been for the band he usually fronts, the Killers, had the rest of the group not decided to take the year off. So if it sounds like his previous work…
Under the name Toro Y Moi, South Carolina’s Chazwick Bundick creates music to chill to. Yes, his work often gets thrown under the obvious “chillwave” bus, but deep layers of vocals, guitar and drum-machine beats sound too smart for the flat genre, production-wise. This might be the secret to Bundick’s…
Simon Green’s Bonobo project has taken chilled-out downtempo on a meandering journey through complex syncopation, sweeping strings and heavy bass lines since 1999, when he released the single “Terrapin” on the Tru Thoughts label. Since then, Green has created four full-length albums for both Tru Thoughts and the epic Ninja…
